Note 104 — THE FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Lit. "Allah not desolate me" (by thine absence). This is still a popular phrase—Lá tawáhishná=Do not make me desolate, i.e. by staying away too long; and friends meeting after a term of days exclaim "Auhashtani!"=thou hast made me desolate, Je suis désolé.